FNUS74 KLZK 252049 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR RUSSELL POINT WILDFIRE...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 349 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1506 CDT ON JULY 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE HOT AND DRY THIS AFTERNOON TO EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 100 TO 005 DEGREES. RH VALUES AROUND 40 TO 50 PERCENT. WINDS ARE S TO SW. CUMULUS CLOUDS WILL BE SEEN BUT VERY LOW CHANCE OF ANY RAIN THROUGH SUNSET WHEN CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE. WINDS WILL ALSO LOWER AFTER SUNSET BUT REMAIN S TO SW. OTHERWISE...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SLOWLY THROUGH ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE FRONT WILL TRIGGER ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...HIGH PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS WILL BUILD BACK OVER THE REGION...WITH A RETURN TO HOT TEMPERATURES AND LITTLE TO NO RAIN. STRAY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........95 AT REQUEST...MAX 97. RH..................42 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 35 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHWEST 20 TO 21 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 9100 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....2. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 8 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH POSSIBLE. TIME (CDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV.....NONE. WEATHER TYPE....NONE. TEMP............97 97 96 RH..............37 34 34 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 12 20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.7 7 7 EYE LVL WND GST.8 8 8 MIX HGT (KFT)... TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.20 21 22 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 75. RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHWEST 20 TO 28 MPH. STABILITY CLASS.....5. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............96 92 88 85 83 82 81 80 79 78 78 77 RH..............34 39 43 47 51 53 55 61 64 67 70 74 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S SW 20 FT WIND SPD..12 10 8 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.14 11 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S SW EYE LVL WND SPD.7 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST.8 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.22 20 21 23 24 25 26 28 28 28 28 28 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...M TREXLER REQUESTED BY...COLLEEN BREEDLOVE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120725.RUSSE.02/LZK